Month: February 2024

A bipartisan bill to honor a state patrol trooper who was gunned down in the line of duty is another step closer to the House floor.  Wisconsin Republican Congressman Glenn Grothman  is leading the Wisconsin Congressional delegation on a  bill to designate the U.S. Post Office in Kiel as the “Trooper Trevor J. Casper Post Office Building”.   The bill has passed through the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.  The next step is the House […]

Wiscconsin Democratic U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin has introduced bipartisan legisltation designed to protect children from the dangers of e-cigarettes.  Fond du Lac County Tobacco Prevention and Control coordinator Johanna Brotz says the Resources to Prevent Youth Vaping Act would require e-cigarette manufacturers help conduct stronger oversight of the industry and increase awareness of the danger of e-cigarettes.  Brotz says the bill would hold e-cigarette companies accountable for the youth vaping crisis.  In Wisconsin […]

(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI) introduced the No Industrial Restrictions in Secret Act (No IRIS Act) to reduce undue red tape imposed by the Biden Administration through the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). This bill is supported by the American Chemistry Council as well as Hexion Specialty Chemicals, who has a manufacturing plant in Sheboygan. It is companion legislation to Senator John Kennedy’s (R-LA) bill […]

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul is leading a bipartisan coalition of 42 attorneys general in urging the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to authorize much-needed 2024 bridge funding for the federal Crime Victims Fund (the “VOCA Fund”). The VOCA Fund supports the provision of essential direct services for crime victims and survivors across the country. According to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime, […]

1.  The Waupun Business Alliance Annual Banquet is now open for registration! Join us on March 28 for an annual update on economic momentum happening in Waupun. This year will be very special as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of four different member businesses. Can you guess them all? Check out the event page to find out. We will also honor a winner of the Community Impact Award, which is currently open for nominations. […]

The County Board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, February 13, 2024 has been canceled.    The next meeting of the County Board will be the regular meeting, scheduled Tuesday, March 19, 2024.

There were no serious injuries in a three vehicle crash on Highway 23 in Fond du Lac County.  The crash happened shortly after 6:30am Thursday on Highway 23 and County Highway I east of the city of Fond du Lac.   One person received minor injuries.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The daughter of a Wisconsin inmate who killed himself in solitary confinement has filed a federal lawsuit against state prison officials, alleging they failed to provide adequate mental health care and medications.  Dean Hoffmann was found dead in his cell at Waupun Correctional Institution in June on the ninth day of a stint in solitary confinement. He is one of at least three Waupun inmates who died in […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Universities of Wisconsin have launched a new website listing all online courses available across the system’s 13 campuses, system officials announced Wednesday.  The website, online.wisconsin.edu, lists more than 200 online programs, including courses in 10 associate, 99 bachelor and 95 master programs. The site includes links to the campuses that offer the courses.  The site went live on Feb. 1. System President Jay Rothman said in a statement […]